Author: The Chocolate Salon

Remember when "inhaling your chocolate" just meant you ate it very quickly?No more. Now there's some smart guys who have figured out how you can literally inhale the product. Is it better that way? No clue.For a Calorie-Free Chocolate Treat, Just Inhale Bostonians got their first chance to sample Le Whif late last month at the TEDxBoston conference, when silvery packets containing a single brown inhaler were handed out to the 250 or so attendees. Le Whif inventor David Edwards, a Harvard professor of biomedical engineering, was one of the speakers, as was his former student Tom Hadfield, who made the case that over the course of human history, we've been eating food in smaller and smaller portions (whole dead mastodon -> Whopper Jr.) The next natural step, Hadfield argued, is breathing our food. Via Boston.com Here's the video to go with it:TasteTV Events include: The San Francisco International Chocolate Salon The Los Angeles Luxury...

Yet another report claiming chocolate can help you live longer and healthier...Do we sound skeptical? No, just tired of seeing enough proof already.Per US New and World Report:Chocolate Helps Heart Attack SurvivorsEating chocolate can reduce heart attack survivors' risk of dying, say researchers who followed 1,169 Swedish men and women, ages 45 to 70, from the time they were hospitalized with their first heart attack in the early 1990s.Those who ate chocolate two or more times a week were about three times less likely to die from heart disease than those who never ate chocolate, the study found. Smaller amounts of chocolate also offered some protection,Agence France Presse reported.The study, which appears in the September issue of the Journal of Internal Medicine, is believed to be the first to demonstrate that chocolate can help prevent death in heart attack survivors."Our findings support increasing evidence that chocolate is a rich source of beneficial bioactive compounds," the researchers wrote.So instead of that...

The 3rd Annual Los Angeles Luxury Chocolate Salon is on October 11th, with more chocolate, more chocolatiers, and more things happening!TasteTV Events include: The San Francisco International Chocolate Salon The Los Angeles Luxury Chocolate Salon The Chicago Chocolate SalonThe Seattle Luxury Chocolate SalonThe New Media Tastemakers Summit This blog from the contributors, producers and correspondents at TasteTV at TasteTV.com. technorati tags:TasteTV, restaurants, video, content, food, Chocolate, wine, recipes, cooking, Restaurant Reviews, Chef, ITV, fashion, seafoodTasteTV and TasteTV.com Chocolate News Updates...

After excited attendees in the Northwest on Sunday enjoyed exceptional chocolate, confection, wine & tea offerings as part of the national Chocolate Stimulus Plan, The Awards for the 2nd Annual SEATTLE CHOCOLATE SALON have been selected by our team of expert panelists, and can be seen on the Salon website here.See a TasteTV VIDEO FROM THE SALONSample Chocolate Salon Awards includeBest Dark Chocolate: Amano Artisan Chocolate Best Truffle: Suess Chocolates Most Artistic Designs: William Dean Chocolates Best Flavored Chocolate: Posh Chocolat Best Flavored Chocolate Bar: Divine Chocolate New Product Award: Amano Artisan Chocolate / Posh Chocolat / Marco Polo Designs' Chocolate JewelrySample Press Reviews:MetBlogs Seattle hereAmazonBlogs - Al Dente here Valentina Vitals photos can also be seen here.And a great selection of Flickr photos here ...

The 2nd Annual Seattle Luxury CHOCOLATE SALON, July 12th 2009, announces a delicious lineup of speakers and members of its Chocolate Tasting Panel, including Joseph Whinney, Founder & CEO of Theo Chocolate, Lauren Adler of Chocolopolis, and a chocolate spa demonstration by Lisa Francoise Schafer, Owner of Sweet Beauty.The Seattle Luxury CHOCOLATE SALON takes place from 11am-5pm on Sunday, July 12th, 2009, during Bastille Day Weekend. Chocolate aficionados, fanatics, lovers and addicts can taste & experience the finest in artisan, gourmet & premium chocolate in one of the world's great culinary metropolitan areas.Seattle Chocolate Salon participants include Amano Artisan Chocolate, Theo Chocolate, Intrigue Chocolates, Oh! Chocolate, Posh Chocolate, Crave Chocolate, Forte Chocolates, Divine Chocolate, Carter's Chocolates, Chocolopolis, Chubby Chipmunk Hand-Dipped Chocolates, La Châtelaine Chocolat Co., Eat Chocolates, Choffy, The Chocolate Traveler, William Dean Chocolates, Xocai Healthy Chocolate, Suess Chocolates, Claudio Corallo Chocolate, Marco Polo Designs' Chocolate Jewelry, TasteTV, Yelp, Sizzleworks Cooking School, Chocolate Television and TasteTV.CHOCOLATE TASTING & SALON AWARDSThe...